Advice and support to children residential care providers in the public, voluntary and private sectors
Kayn Consultants provides sector leading experts for independent children’s homes. We also work with independent schools, fostering agencies, residential schools and semi- independent providers, to assist with developing new and existing services, operational input/oversight and business development/growth. Our primary aim is simple:
“Driving growth through creative innovation”
Our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and sector backgrounds. We don’t limit ourselves to either strategy or implementation. Instead, we deliver both – equally well.
Who are we?
Kayn Consultants are a team of expert practitioners.
How we work
We listen and learn
As a partner, we start by listening. Together, we work to understand your business, culture, people and challenges. By talking to your key people, we understand your most important needs. We seek to gather valuable insights from your people, before identifying gaps and opportunities for your company.
We provide solutions for your needs
With your specific needs and challenges in mind, our consultants take a hands-on approach in meeting those needs; solving processes for your company and effectively bringing business transformation both internally and externally.
We take you on a collective learning journey
A journey with us means going through different stages of progression. From formulating new strategies to learning effective implementation techniques, we always seek to inspire and equip you and your team with new knowledge.
We believe in providing value for money
The company that works together, moves forward together. You will learn how to create unique conditions for your customers and sustain long term business relationships for future success.
What our clients say
Nusrat and Kayn consultants have worked with us for over a year now. They helped with the start-up of our business and the opening of our first children’s home as a new provider. Nusrat’s experience and advice is second to none. Kayn consultants have helped us in every stage of our journey from recruitment of staff right through to introducing the business to local commissioners for placements of children. Sanah with her vast amount of knowledge has been invaluable in guiding us through planning and ofsted applications. Kayn Consultants have gone above and beyond to keep us on track and we continue to use their expertise to help build our company and safe places for children. Thank you for everything we could not recommend you enough.
In our journey of establishing a children’s residential home, Nusrat emerged as an essential guide, blending profound expertise with a genuine commitment to our cause. His adept understanding of regulatory intricacies and his willingness in connecting us with a diverse array of professionals became the foundation of our success. Nusrat’s support extended beyond mere advice; he stood by us, helping navigate through the most challenging decisions, shaping the very essence of our endeavour. What truly set Nusrat apart was his ability to make the complex seem manageable. His clarity of thought and dedication instilled confidence in every step of our journey. Working alongside him felt not only effortless but also immensely productive. I wholeheartedly attribute our achievements to Nusrat’s unwavering support and expertise. Highly recommended.
As a young business Nusrat has supported us with the strategic development of our education, clinical and social care services through a very professional and personable consultancy service level agreement. This service has given us full access to professional advice and support, as and when needed which has included the recruitment of a very knowledgeable Responsible Individual. With Nusrat’s support our company is successfully expanding across Shropshire with the opening of further children’s care homes and our initial children’s care home has recently gained ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating of which we are extremely proud.
Kayn Consultants provided a first-class delivery and insight of the sector. This has been invaluable to our service, without their professional and dynamic approach, we would not be a success today.
Nusrat was a welcome advisor to the team as we were pursuing our expansion. Great insights have really enabled us to push forward with our plans and we are looking forward to working with Nusrat and Kayn Consultants for the foreseeable future.
We have asked Nusrat and Kayn Consultants to assist with the development of the home at strategic and operational level, working close with the Responsible Individual. His advice has been invaluable. Kayn Consultants will continue to work with us on future projects.
Kayn Consultants started working with us from inception, through to planning, Ofsted registration and initial start-up of our children’s home. They have also given us a Responsible Individual. Nusrat, their lead consultant, has been extremely helpful and supportive throughout the process. Highly recommended consultancy.
Nusrat and Kayn Consultants provided excellent input into our marketing and strategic thinking and activities. They also assisted in generating and increasing business referrals and a real difference in focusing our efforts.
I supported my son with his dream to set up and run a Children’s Residential Home back in 2018. The journey has been difficult. By bringing in a new Responsible Individual, who has guided and mentored the whole team to where we are today. Thankyou Nusrat Janjua you are amazing; to have steered us from an Ofsted Inadequate to Outstanding in all areas and praise ringing in our ears from the inspector such as , “so refreshing to see a home doing what it’s supposed to . Turning young people’s lives around who are happy to be there and a team enjoying and excelling in their work.
In the landscape of social care and complex needs education, Nusrat has demonstrated both knowledge and ability to support the very best outcomes. His knowledge of regulatory guidance and his connectivity with a wide range of capable professionals enables Nusrat to support effective change, increasing positive outcomes for care and education organisations utilising a child centred approach. I would highly recommend him for any organisations working with complex young people.
I am a senior public law lawyer, and founder of Care Acre, who has worked in close partnership with Kayn Consultants and Nusrat from the concept stage of my project, to strategic recruitment of the team, all the way through to delivering the Ofsted application for registration. A very successful one.
I am very impressed with his firm grasp and navigation of the regulations, his deep market intelligence, and his constant pursuit to implement best practice. As a new entrant into this highly challenging and regulated sector, partnering with Nusrat has proven very cost effective, and highly, reassuring. I would highly recommend his services.
We have worked with Nusrat over several years and have found his knowledge and experience of marketing extremely useful. It is no exaggeration to say he transformed the referral opportunities for our agency and helped us shape an extremely positive set of relations with commissioners across the North West and Wales. He also helped secure our position on the welsh 4 C’s Framework.
Our experience with Kayn Consultants has been first class from the start and they continue to work with our fostering agency. Both Nusrat and Colin have been extremely helpful in turning our agency around. They have extensive sector knowledge and are experts in their respected fields. They deliver results.
Nusrat is an experienced marketing consultant. His broad and specialist knowledge of residential care has been gained from experience of working directly within it. His ability to envision need, along with his integrity and professionalism towards his client group, create the added value that is so important in creating a trusting relationship for those delivering high quality services across the social care sector.
Nusrat has worked well with the organisation. Allowing us to engage positively with our customers, giving new energy and direction to our marketing, as well as providing an expert eye over our strategic and operational development.
Nusrat is a serious business and marketing professional, working with looked after children. I have been aware of his practice for well over a decade now and have been impressed by his ability to add value across multiple sectors and divers organisational structures.
Nusrat and Kayn Consultants have been involved in the setup of our service from the beginning, they are experts expert. We have worked together to get our project off the ground. Very knowledgeable about the sector and the registration process, flexible and approachable.
Our Consultants
NUSRAT
Nusrat is an experienced and creative senior marketer with over 23 years’ track record; 14 of which have been within social care, health and education sectors, at a senior level. All this work carries the same mark; a determined desire to get it right, an ability to master new skills and a refusal to accept anything less than consistently exceptional results.
Nusrat continues to work with some of the leading sector organisations in a marketing, strategic and operation capacity. Assisting companies in move to new strategic directions, developing effective marketing and business develop campaigns and building positive and profitable customer and client relationships.
SARAH
Sarah has built and shaped her career around working with socially disadvantaged groups for many years. Sarah’s experience firmly lies within education, social inclusion, learning and development.
Sarah has gained extensive, strategic level experience, across multiple settings, inclusive of; Schools, Academy Trusts, Local Authorities, Residential Childcare Settings, Secure Training Centres, Clinical, Counselling and Educational Psychology Services, Youth Offending Teams and Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
COLIN
A previous director who achieved significant improvement in Sandwell and Birmingham (LAC services), Colin has operated at every social work level in 7 different authorities latterly as head of children’s safeguarding in Denbighshire. He is now a visiting lecturer at Glyndrw University and is director/manager of his own fostering agency.
He recently completed an extended Chid Practice Review enquiry in north Wales and chaired the all wales IRO group for 2 years. He was a contributor to seminar 4 of the Climbie Enquiry and also a member of the then Home Secretaries working party that established the youth offending teams policy framework.
Associate Consultants
WANDA
New Children’s Home Registrations and Set Up
Wanda is a highly experienced professional with extensive management experience in residential children’s homes. Having qualified to QFC level 5 in leadership and management and working through her level 7 course. Wanda has strong leadership and communication skills, having led multiple teams and children homes settings in her past. A child centred practitioner with an outcome focused approach who able to maximize her team’s skill base. Wanda has spent many years assisting providers to set up children’s homes and currently also holds a responsible individuals position.
MEGAN
Regulation 44 Inspector and Independent Visitor (South East)
Megan is a Director of her own company and oversees all of their Regulation 44 visits. Megan has a child centred approach and is extremely diligent in everything which she does. Megan has many years of residential experience, having also worked as a mental health recovery worker, practiced as a social worker, and has been a quality assurance officer for a number of children’s homes. A keen eye for detailed and very much an expert in her field.
DR KATHRYN
Early Childhood Consultant
Dr Kathryn is an Early Childhood Consultant, researcher and author, and founder of Nurturing Childhoods; support for parents and settings all over the world. Having worked with children for many years, Kathryn developed a particular interest in children’s need to access rich and meaningful experiences throughout their early years, and the impact the actions of well-meaning adults can have on them. The Nurturing Childhood accreditation for settings and the MICE (Method of Improved Child Engagements) for schools, Kathryn works to identify and celebrate the impact of effective childhood experiences as preparation for all of life’s learning. Kathryn also consults on projects, conducts research for government bodies and contributes to papers launched in parliament. A highly acclaimed author and researcher, she has published many times, guiding practitioners, teachers and parents to enhance children’s experiences, both here and abroad.
JUDITH
Practice Development and Therapeutic Parenting / Management Specialist
Judith’s career has spanned over 40 years, with extensive experience in the independent children’s home sector. Having worked with a number of sector leading organisations for more than 35 years, predominantly in senior management. She is an experienced practitioner having developed and led many companies, a qualified therapist and a Trustee/Director and Company Secretary of British Association of Play Therapists. Judith has a wide range of experience in children’s services, children’s mental health, policy and practice development, and professional development of others.
SHARLIN
New Children’s Home Set Ups / Regulation 44 Visitor
Sharlin specialises in consultancy and regulation 44 inspections for the children’s residential sector. Previous to this, she was a Registered Manager who received an “Outstanding” rating with Ofsted within 9 months of opening her first home and maintained the same rating on the following inspection. Sharlin’s knowledge of this sector is robust, which better supports a tailored approach to our clients.
LYNETTE
Regulation 44 Visitor and Responsible Individual
Lynette has been in the children residential sector since 2005. She has considerable management experience of various roles within residential care; having previously worked with EBD and LD homes. Her specialist areas are CCE and CSE.
Lynette has been a Registered Manager and currently is an Independent Regulation 44 Visitor and a Responsible Individual for a variety of provisions over the last couple of years. She also has experienced professional within the sector and has experience of setting up new children’s homes.